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Bentham IMF opens second US office

Bentham IMF, the US arm of Australian litigation funder IMF, has opened an office in Los Angeles as dispu...

Bentham IMF, the US arm of Australian litigation funder IMF, has opened an office in Los Angeles as disputes work continues to move west.

The expansion comes two years after the litigation financier opened its first US outpost, in New York. Economic growth on the West Coast has led law firms to invest in new Californian offices, and Ralph Sutton, chief investment officer at Bentham IMF, said in an emailed statement that “Los Angeles is among the most active litigation markets in the country”.

The office is led by investment manager Allison Chock, who joined the company in August from McKool Smith Hennigan, where she was a partner.

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